이하 후유(伊波普猷)의 조선 인식 -「조선인의 표류기에 나타난 15세기 말의 남도(南島)」(1927)를 중심으로-

Abstract

Through this paper, I confirmed that the influence of Japanese linguistics, which he majored in at the Tokyo Imperial University, was very strong at the core of Iha Fuyū's Korea perception. During the Meiji period, Japanese linguistics were an academic means of governing an extended colony. Iha Fuyū a native of Okinawa who became an internal colony of Japan, majored in ryukyuan linguistics at Tokyo Imperial University. He suggested phylogeny of language as the basis for claiming that Ryukyu and Japan are the same nation. In the first place, the core of his argument was that Ryukyuan and Japanese were differentiated from one language. He confirmed the colonization of Ryukyu by Japan through this academic perspective. Reading the records of Koreans drifting in Ryukyu in the 15th century, he makes another bold claim. According to the analysis of the pronunciation of Ryukyu islands recorded by Koreans, it seems that Korean and Ryukyuan language have been differentiated in the same parent language. In my judgment, it seems to be a language ideology that lacks logical basis. In order to verify his discussion, he exchanges correspondence with his university alumnus Ogura Sinfei, who was a professor at Kyungseong Imperial University at the time. This paper examines how they understand Joseon(korea) and korean language, focusing on Japanese linguists Iha Fuyū and Ogura Shinfei. The issue of justification of colonialism through language is becoming the main theme of analysis in the discussion process. Through his linguistic studies, he confirmed the colonization of Joseon by Japan as well as Ryukyu. What I ultimately wanted to emphasize through these discussions was that the study of linguistics at the Tokyo Imperial University had a high degree of politicality to provide colonial rule and governance logic.